๐๐ฌ ๐ข๐ญ ๐จ๐ง๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ง๐ฎ๐ฆ๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ?
This is a common question that runners new to power ask.
Itโs not only about the numbers.
Training is more than actions driven by numbers.
When planning, you should consider your training goals, your specifics (age, ability, injury history), supplemental training (strength, mobility, plyometrics, drills) and other exercise activities (cycling, swimming, yoga, pilates).
When executing your plan, you should consider sleep, nutrition, hydration, work and family commitments โฆ anything affecting your training.
Unfortunately, you won’t be able to measure most of these.
๐๐ฎ๐ฆ๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฏ๐ข๐๐ ๐ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง
What can you measure, so that your training is underpinned by things you can quantify?
Power numbers.
They can be used to
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plan workouts targeting specific intensity levels and durations
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plan and monitor your training load and progression
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plan your race-day targets
๐๐ฎ๐ญ โฆ ๐ข๐ญโ๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐จ๐ง๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ง๐ฎ๐ฆ๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ
Because power can be used for so much, it’s tempting to think that your power numbers are โthe truthโ.
That if you use them to make every training decision, you’ll get the best result.
But power meters can’t measure everything that’s happening to you while you train.
For that reason, power numbers are a guide.
They’re a very good guide, but they are only a guide, not the truth.
Which means rather than Running ๐ฃ๐บ Power, treating your power numbers as the truth and using them to make every decision, you should Run ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ Power, using your power numbers as a guide, complementing and underpinning other considerations.
๐บ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐’๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐น๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ท๐๐๐๐?
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